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MINISTÉRIO DA AGRICULTURA, PECUÁRIA E ABASTECIMENTO
SECRETARIA DE DEFESA AGROPECUÁRIA
DEPARTAMENTO DE SANIDADE VEGETAL E INSUMOS AGRÍCOLAS
COORDENACAO GERAL DE FISCALIZACAO E CERTIFICACAO FITOSSANITARIA INTERNACIONAL
DIVISAO DE QUARENTENA VEGETAL
MINUTA
MINUTA Nº
  ESTABLISHE S THE PHYT OSANIT ARY
REQUIREMENT S FOR THE IMPOR TATION OF
OKRA SEEDS (ABELMOSCHUS ESCULENTUS )
OF ANY ORIGIN
THE SECRET ARY OF AGRICUL TURAL  PROTECTION, OF THE MINISTR Y OF AGRICUL TURE
AND LIVEST OCK, in the use of the attributions conferred on it by arts. 22 and 49 of Annex I of Decree No.
11.332, of January 1, 2023, in view of the provisions of Decree No. 24,1 14, of April 12, 1934, in Decree No.
1,355, of December 30, 1994, in Decree No. 5,759, of April 17, 2006, in MAP A Ordinance No. 65, of March
30, 2021, in Normative Instruction No. 25, of April 7, 2020, and what is contained in Process No.
21000.099925/2022-93, resolves:
Art. 1º The Phytosanitary Requirements for the importation of seeds (Category 4) of okra ( Abelmoschus
esculentus ) of any origin are established.
Art. 2º Okra seeds must be accompanied by a Phytosanitary Certificate, issued by the National Plant Protection
Organization - NPPO of the country of origin, with the following Additional Declaration:
I - "The consignment is free from Curvularia australiensis according to the result of the of ficial laboratory
analysis No ( ).".
Art. 3º According to the phytosanitary status in its territory , the country of origin may , alternatively , declare for
the regulated pest above:
I - "Curvularia australiensis  is an absent quarantine pest for (country of origin)."; or
II - " Curvularia australiensis  is not present (country of origin)."
Art. 4º The country of origin must previously communicate, for approval by the NPPO of Brasil, the Additional
Declaration that will be used in the issuance of the Phytosanitary Certificate.
§ 1º If there is no prior communication and approval provided for in the caput of this article, the country of
origin must comply with the provisions of art. 2º, being unable to use the alternative declarations provided for
in art. 4º.
§ 2º The country of origin must inform the change in the phytosanitary status of the indicated pests, when there
is a change in the status in its territory .
Art. 5º The consignments are subject to inspection at the point of entry (Phytosanitary Inspection - PI), as well
as the collection of samples for phytosanitary analysis in of ficial laboratories or laboratories accredited by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock - MAP .
§ 1. The costs of sending the samples and the phytosanitary analysis will be borne by the interested party .
§ 2. At the inspection's discretion, the interested party may remain as the depositary of the remainder of the
consignment until the inspection process is completed.
Art. 6º In the event of interception of a quarantine pest or a pest that presents quarantine potential for Brazil, the
shipment will be destroyed or rejected and the NPPO in the country of origin will be notified, and the NPPO in
Brazil may suspend imports of okra seeds from this country until the review of the Pest Risk Analysis.
Art. 7º The consignment will not be internalized when it fails to comply with the requirements established in
this Ordinance.
Art. 8º This Ordinance enters into force on the date of xx of xxxx, 2023.
 
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Documento assinado eletronicamente por TIAGO RODRIGO LOHMANN, Auditor(a) Fiscal Federal
Agropecuário(a), em 03/05/2023, às 13:00, conforme horário oﬁcial de Brasília, com fundamento no
art. 6º,§ 1º, do Decreto nº 8.539, de 8 de outubro de 2015.
A autencidade deste documento pode ser conferida no site:
hps://sei.agro.gov.br/sei/controlador_externo.php?
acao=documento_conferir&id_orgao_acesso_externo=0 , informando o código veriﬁcador 28371195 e o
código CRC FC17E321.
Processo nº 21000.099925/2022-93 SEI nº 28371195